Basket

Museum number:
16-8590
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21160008590
Accession number:
Acc.1211
Description:
Tall plaited two-tone basket for carrying and storing manioc flour, with strap handle. Diameter 7.5 inches, height 14.5 inches. Watura in Portuguese. Maué, Brazil.
Donor:
Seth Leacock
Collection place:
São José, Rio Andirá, Brazil
Verbatim coll. place:
Rio Andira, São José, Brazil
Culture or time period:
Sateré-Mawé
Collector:
Seth Leacock
Collection date:
1956-1957
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Plaited weaving
Accession date:
1957
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
height 36.83 centimeters and diameter 19.05 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 16-8590, described as Tall plaited two-tone basket for carrying and storing manioc flour, with strap handle. Diameter 7.5 inches, height 14.5 inches. Watura in Portuguese. Maué, Brazil.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 16-8590, described as Tall plaited two-tone basket for carrying and storing manioc flour, with strap handle. Diameter 7.5 inches, height 14.5 inches. Watura in Portuguese. Maué, Brazil.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 16-8590, described as Tall plaited two-tone basket for carrying and storing manioc flour, with strap handle. Diameter 7.5 inches, height 14.5 inches. Watura in Portuguese. Maué, Brazil.

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